over the last 22 years i've been working with others to see about the resources for these programs. you can get -- you can get an assault-type weapon in a nanosecond and you can't get mental health services for months. there's something wrong with this. it is wrong. there was an article that i read about another mother, she says i am adam lanza's mother. she was talking about her situation with her son. and the last line it said "i need help." and these are -- difficult area. complicated. but it's one that we have a moral responsibility to examine. the president said it so beautifully. the thing i listened -- when he said are we doing enough to protect our children? and when we examine what we're doing, that answer is no. we must change. >> bill: right. collectively, as a nation, we have not done enough. he included himself in that, of course. so then the question is the -- is there a willingness, do you believe in the part of congress, meredith, we were talking about this before you arrived, there are some people like the steve kings of the world that are going to remain in their -